This dynamic
duo (just guitar and drums) hails from Chile and delivers ultimate
heaviness excellently combined with great melodies. Some call it
Beatles doom, some call it a mixture of Kyuss and Pink Floyd, some say fans of
bands like Torche will love their music ... well, to get a real idea you'll
have no other choice than browsing their full album below and listen for
yourself. And always remember this sounds even more awesome on high quality
180g vinyl!

The
Band:

Néstor
"Gato" Ayala | Guitar/Vocals

Francisco
"Hongo" Alvarado | Drums

Review:

Available
now on vinyl the 3rd album by At Devil Dirt explodes out of your speakers with
a fully realized and unique sound. A difficult band to describe in words, At
Devil Dirt can sorta be summed as John Lennon fronting a self titled era Queens
of the Stone age but with a significantly heavier guitar tone. Speaking of
tone, WHAT TONE! Néstor "Gato" Ayala's guitar is absolutely raging
all over the place and is one of the best recorded fuzz tones I've ever heard.
The distortion level is much heavier then the bands they list as their
influences and reminds me of some of Boris' and Floor's stuff but a bit cleaner
and you can still pick out all the notes nicely. In some parts he's bringing
almost Electric Wizard level distortion without the JNCO jeans and greasy hair.

The
coolest thing about "Plan B: Sin Revolución no hay Evolución" is how
well they've integrated everything into a cohesive and coherent sound. Running
the gamut from some stomping doom to tripped out Beatles-esque psych nothing
ever feels forced as At Devil Dirt's trip moves smoothly over the decades of
rock n roll history. The production is also extremely well done and maintains a
retro vibe without having any of the irritating parts of a retro production
(namely the mix sounding off at parts and using little compression making some
elements of the kit fall out at times).

My
favourite tracks are “Mommy” and “I lost my Guide” both of which are the
trippiest songs on the album. “I lost my Guide” begins with a nice trippy deep
groove under dreamscape vocals and takes me back to the time in my life where
me and my friends used to hang out in someone's garage drinking and just
shooting the shit. “Mommy” opens with some nice Floor style riffing until the
psych vocals hit and weirds out the track in the best way possible. Shuffling
between a solid verse/chorus into a nice building bridge the song writing on
“Mommy” is pretty damn solid and keeps a very simply laid out song very
interesting.

At
Devil Dirt has given us a very entertaining and well written album for fans of
simple powerful groove-rock. I was not familiar with these guys before being
sent this for review, but definitely a hugely impressive effort. I suggest
everyone check out their back catalog too some really great stuff.

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